Since I can’t cover everything, here are some recommended articles from other websites.
° From The Washington Post (a subscription is required to read the article): Members of key congressional oversight committees have called on the United States’ new top intelligence director to pressure the United Kingdom to withdraw its controversial demand for Apple to create a backdoor into encrypted user data stored in iCloud.
° From AppleInsider: Apple is once again running ads on the social media platform X, after the company previously stopped all advertising on the website due to the presence of objectionable content on it.
° From MacRumors: Apple Maps now has expanded coverage for cycling directions in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
° From 9to5Mac: Game makers Square Enix has announced that the iOS version of Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles has reached its sudden end. The reason is a strange one: an unfixable bug that Square Enix says is related to recent In-App Purchase “model” changes.
° From the South China Morning Post: The giant iPhone assembly plant in Zhengzhou has cut back on hiring as Apple loses market share in China and Foxconn shifts production overseas.
° From The Verge: Amazon’s Prime Video app just got a big update on Apple TV. The app is now better optimized for tvOS, allowing you to swipe on the Siri Remote to scroll through Prime Video’s shows and movies as well as use touchpad gestures for fast-forwarding, rewinding, and scrubbing through content.
° From MacVoices Live!: On the new episode, Piyou (Ray) Cheng, product line manager for Shokz, discusses the company’s OpenMeet headphones that were inspired by the work-from-home trend.
